Residents give soldier a warm welcome. (Ft Bragg Trooper PFC Aaron Light)

Sierra Vista Herald, Sierra Vista Arizona ^ | 4/27/03 | DANA COLE

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TOMBSTONE -- Longtime friends, military personnel and members of the Cochise County Sheriff's Department gathered at Tombstone City Park Saturday to pay tribute to Aaron Light, Arizona's first wounded soldier to return home from Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Light, who graduated from Tombstone High School in 2001, was greeted with hugs and well wishes from the string of people who were there to honor him. About 60 people attended the event.

Wearing his dress greens, Light spoke briefly to the crowd, thanking them for attending the welcome home tribute

"I was just doing my job. I pray and hope for the safety of all the guys in my unit," he said.

Light is a member of Company B 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division.

Many of those attending the welcome home celebration have known Aaron.............

Residents give soldier a warm welcome

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Stand even more proud FR as his Mom and Dad have both stood long hours in local Support Our Troops rallies. They were even standing in one here on the day that He arrived at the Hospital at Bragg. They said it was just something that had to be done.